factual mistake

collocation in English

meaningsoffactualandmistake

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factual
adjective
uk
/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/
using or consisting ...
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mistake
noun[C]
uk
/mɪˈsteɪk/us
/mɪˈsteɪk/
an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or ...
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(Definition offactualandmistakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffactual mistake

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Another issue involves some minor factual mistakes, which could be easily corrected in future editions.
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The work also assumes too much knowledge for such readers and contains at least twenty factual mistakes, eight by one of the co-editors.
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Other factual mistakes, however, are more difficult to explain.
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While refining managerial processes might have ironed out the scope for future factual mistakes, attacks on agents' integrity incited levels of passion inimical to deliberative or bureaucratic resolution.
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Corrections of factual mistakes are published.
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However, legal and factual mistakes are not mutually exclusive.
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Quite critical were reviews looking at the methods (for example accused factual mistakes and complains about missing sources).
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The documentary, however, made numerous factual mistakes.
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She was also critical of two dozen spelling errors and minor factual mistakes that made it into the text, but ultimately considered the presentation of the book to be pleasing.
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